Software Engineering Jobs in Aberdeen

Software Engineering
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 1 16 21
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 -11
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 87 21 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 22.31% 10.50% 5.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 31.18% 11.41% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 86 15 7
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £63,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,500 £64,500
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Aberdeen.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 279 184 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 71.54% 92.00% 90.16%
Number of salaries quoted 221 64 79
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,600 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Aberdeen

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Aberdeen.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Aberdeen

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Aberdeen

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Aberdeen

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 10 (11.49%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.45%) Azure
3 2 (2.30%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (1.15%) AWS
4 1 (1.15%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.39%) Wireless
2 2 (2.30%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.15%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.49%) Power BI
2 7 (8.05%) Power Query
3 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.15%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.15%) CircleCI
2 1 (1.15%) GitLab
2 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (51.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (21.84%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.69%) Automotive
4 14 (16.09%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (16.09%) Aviation
5 1 (1.15%) Electronics
5 1 (1.15%) Finance
Job Titles
1 50 (57.47%) Software Engineer
2 22 (25.29%) Senior
3 15 (17.24%) Embedded Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) C# Software Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) C++ Software Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) Developer
4 12 (13.79%) Full Stack Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) Full Stack Software Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) Senior Software Engineer
4 12 (13.79%) Software Developer
5 11 (12.64%) Graduate
6 10 (11.49%) Junior
6 10 (11.49%) Junior Embedded Engineer
6 10 (11.49%) React Developer
6 10 (11.49%) Senior Developer
6 10 (11.49%) Senior React Developer
6 10 (11.49%) Senior Software Developer
7 9 (10.34%) Consultant
7 9 (10.34%) Power BI Consultant
8 5 (5.75%) Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.79%) .NET
2 9 (10.34%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.45%) .NET Core
3 3 (3.45%) CSS
3 3 (3.45%) HTML
4 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.30%) HTML5
4 2 (2.30%) MFC
4 2 (2.30%) React
5 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (1.15%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.94%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.15%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.05%) Linux
2 5 (5.75%) Windows
2 5 (5.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (27.59%) Computer Science
2 16 (18.39%) Mathematics
3 15 (17.24%) Physics
4 13 (14.94%) Front End Development
4 13 (14.94%) Full Stack Development
5 10 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (10.34%) Agile
6 9 (10.34%) Logistics
7 8 (9.20%) Data Management
8 6 (6.90%) Scrum
9 4 (4.60%) DevOps
9 4 (4.60%) Machine Learning
9 4 (4.60%) SDLC
9 4 (4.60%) Test Automation
10 3 (3.45%) MVC
11 2 (2.30%) Data Analysis
11 2 (2.30%) Kalman Filter
12 1 (1.15%) Data Acquisition
12 1 (1.15%) SOLID
12 1 (1.15%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 27 (31.03%) C#
2 25 (28.74%) C
3 17 (19.54%) C++
4 15 (17.24%) Embedded C
5 13 (14.94%) Ruby
5 13 (14.94%) SQL
6 8 (9.20%) TypeScript
7 7 (8.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
9 2 (2.30%) MATLAB
10 1 (1.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (22.99%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) QA
System Software
1 15 (17.24%) Firmware
2 5 (5.75%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.15%) iManage